Carrie Summary
Director: David Carson
Genres: Horror
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This made-for-TV remake of the classic movie chiller Carrie is slightly more faithful to the original Stephen_King novel--and slightly less profane and violent. Following in the bloody footsteps of Sissy_Spacek, Angela_Bettis stars as woebegone high school girl Carrie White, whose shy and awkward demeanor obscures the fact that she is "gifted" with awesome telekinetic powers. As part of a cruel and vicious student prank, Carrie's better-looking and more socially savvy classmates arrange for the hapless heroine to be elected prom queen--and one does not have to have seen the original film to know the terror that is unleashed once Carrie is crowned (in more ways than one). The climax is infinitely more "high tech" than in the 1976 film, but whether it is equally as frightening is a matter of taste; additionally, the 2002 version boasts a radically different ending, one that could very well accommodate a sequel or two...or three... Patricia_Clarkson reprises the old Piper_Laurie role as Carrie's abusive religious-fanatic mother. Carrie first aired November 4, 2002, on NBC. Hal Erickson, Rovi
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